Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
peace treaty between the us and mexico
ended the mexican american war
mexico agreed to the treaty because their army had been defeated and their capital had fallen
things the treaty gave:
-us the rio grande boundary for texas
-us ownership of california
-us ownership of a large area consisting of new mexico, arizona, nevada, utah, and parts of wyoming and colorado
results:
-us gained a lot of territory
-provided property rights to mexicans
-extended us citizenship to mexicans in the new american territories
Annexation-to incorporate territory into the domain of a city, country, or state.
-texas was annexed into the us
annexation of texas
-anglo american immigrants began emigrating in the early 1820s
-1836, was of independence against mexico
-became a topic of discussion after the louisiana purchase in 1803
-became a mattter of concern from 1836-1845 when texas was republic
-texas voted in favor of the annexation in 1836
-in 1843 the us became alarmed about GBritian interest in the annexation
-GB did not want texas but did want to prevent the westward expansion of the us
-andrew donelson urged texas to accept the offer
annexation of texas--britain
-the government of mexico agreed with GB and agreed to acknowledge texas as independent if texas didnt annex itself to any country
-the us congress offerent texas annexation or independence recognized by mexico
-1845, by popular vote, texas agreed to annexation and had legal entry into the union
David Crockett
-lawrence county tennessee
-militia leader
-represented tennis in house of representatives
-us congressman, went against indian removal act
-grew up hunting and storytelling
-made a lot of stage plays
-fought in the battle of the alamo
-led 65 volunteers at the battle of the alamo
-he died in the battle of the alamo
James Bowie
-could read/write/speak english, french and spanish
-had a childhood reputation for fearlessness and roping alligators
bowie knife-
-became notorious for a bar fight, in which he was shot and stabbed, he killed the sheriff with a large knife, a bowie knife.
military career and the alamo--
-bowie moved his family to avoid fighting, but they died of cholera
-left the austins army because he disliked menial tasks
-the commander left the alamo, and bowie was eleced leader, but after a bacchanalian weakened, he agreed to a joint command
-bowie was ill and bedridden
-line in sand incident (rose)
-died in bed, after emptying his pistols with knife in hand
Stephen Austin
-born in virginia and moved to southern missouri when he was four
-he never married
-stephens father Moses had received an empresarial grant from spanish texas that said he could bring 300 american families to texas
-in 1821 he traveled to texas in search of an area of land to form a colony
-then came the problems, mexico just gained its independence from spain so austins grant was denied by mexican gov.
-stephen was able to convince the mexicans to continue with the settlement
-to protect the settlers austin organized a small group of armed men that evolved to be known as the texas rangers
-in 1835 he ran for the presidencey of texas but was deated by sam houston
-the capital of texas, austin, and many schools are named after him
santa anna
-he was then voted to become president of mexico
-he decided that mexico wasnt ready for a democracy so he made himself dictator
-when he returned to mexico he led wars
-he was later exiled from mexico because he sold land to the us
-he was allowed to return before his death
-he left a legacy of disappointment and disaster
-they took away his power, mexico kicked him out, but he came back multiple times
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